Hitogatana 14

[This chapter has already been scanslated by Maigo. This is just the original translation.]

Hitogatana
Chapter 14
Riot


p.01
Chapter 14: Riot
Girl: .........

Gramps: It’s okay.
Leave it to Togusa this time.

Gramps: Those two have similar circumstances.
Gramps: Just like what Yachiyo has been doing when Togusa’s not feeling into it,


p.02
Gramps: When Yachiyo’s feeling down, Togusa can encourage her.

Chapter 14
Riot

Gramps: I can leave that to Togusa now.


p.03
Girl: —I think
That not knowing anything yet
Is a little hard for me.

Girl: I don’t know anything about your pasts,
And the time that we’ve spent together is surely not much.

Girl: I can’t fight with them.
Girl: I don’t know what to do when Onee-san’s worried about something.
...It irritates me.

Gramps: —I see.
Gramps: That’s a good thing.

Girl: Huh...?
Why is it good?
Gramps: Well, how about we ask them what they think,


p.04
Gramps: Right?
Sis: Isn’t she such a good girl?

Gramps: Are you ready, Yachiyo?
Sis: Yeah. Thanks to you,
Sis: Hahagiri-chan.

Sis: You feel that it irritates you for now.
Those feelings are more than enough for me.
Sis: We have a lot of time from now on.

Sis: So we don’t have to rush.
Also—


p.05
Sis: When we get back from work, I can become happy just by having
Sis: You and Tsuki-chan say “welcome home” with smiles on your faces.

Sis: Having friends who’re waiting for your return...

Sis: Don’t things like that somehow give you the strength to go on?

Sis: This will probably be a harsh battle.
Prepare an exceptional smile, Hahagiri-chan.
Girl: ......Yes!


p.06
Sis: Exceptional, okay, exceptional!!
At a level where there’s roses in the background.
Girl: Huuh!?
Togs: What’re you saying, Ane-san...
Gramps: Well, looks like she’ll be fine.

Gogyou: —Like hell it is.
Gogyou: Eliminating traces of your violence has its limits.

Hakobera mutter: Ah?
Gogyou: Don’t give me that!

Gogyou: Our patron was losing his hair again after hearing the report just earlier.
Patron: .....
Patron mutter: Again?
Gogyou: Don’t you think you’re causing him too much trouble?


p.07
Hakobera: Not my problem~
Hakobera: They’re the ones who approach me.
Gogyou: But you’re the one seducing them.

Hakobera: No I ain’t.
I’m settling things before I even notice.
Hakobera: Men just can’t keep their paws off of me.

Hakobera: Right?
Hakobera: Tabirako, don’t you think so too?

Tabirako: Mm? Yeah...
Tabirako: Huh? Is that right?

Hakobera: .........


p.08
Hakobera: You’re such a boring guy.
Can’t you tell how good my development is when you compare it to Suzuna?
Suzuna: !
Suzushiro: Oooh she said it~

Suzuna: ...I’ll kill you.

Hakobera: What was that? Why don’t we try it, you flat-chest!!
Suzushiro: Hakobera~
Suzuna?: What?
Suzuna: Those’ll start sagging sometime, you know?
Hakobera: ......!!
Gogyou: —Well, speaking of growth,

Gogyou: The one I’m interested in Nazuna right now.

Gogyou: I’m not talking about her body.


p.09
Gogyou: —I hear she’s the Second Squad leader now.
Of course she’ll probably come out for this.
Gogyou: I wonder how much better she’s gotten.

Hakobera: Nothing to expect from her lack of willpower, period.
Suzushiro: And you’d lose your motivation if she cries on you.
Suzuna: .........

Gogyou: —And you, Suzuna?

Suzuna: ...Nazuna

Suzuna: Those eyes of hers when she was leaving the institution
Suzuna: Possessed will. Although I’m interested in what that will was...


p.10
Hakobera: Wasn’t that mostly her expressing joy for being freed from the hard training?
Suzuna: There’s a high chance for that.

Suzuna: I won’t look expect much of the growth of someone so concerned with the past.
Suzuna: —I think getting her is an unlucky draw.

Gogyou: —I see.


p.11
Tabirako: ......Kuh
Tabirako: Fuhaha
Hahahaha

Gogyou: Ahh... so it’s time for that.

SFX: stick
Suzuna: We lose ourselves if we don’t have this... What inconvenient bodies.
Gogyou: Hakobera, hold Tabirako down.

Gogyou: You’re just hugging onto him like that.
SFX: squeeze...


p.12
SFX: stick

Hakobera: Stop giving us so much work to do, doofus.
Tabirako: Mm... sorry.

Tabirako: Mm?

Suzushiro: Huh?

Suzuna: ......?

Hakobera: What?

Suzushiro: Say, Gogyou.
Isn’t this having less effect than usual?

Gogyou: !
Well, yeah.
Gogyou: We’re going to go fight now.
There’s no need to suppress all of our destructive impulses.


p.13
Suzushiro: ...That makes sense.

Gogyou: Now, let’s get ready soon.

Gogyou: It’s time for the riot.


p.14
Sponsor: —It’s going to start.
Sponsor: This is the best show where the best kenshi and Katana
Will clash.

Sponsor: !

Sponsor: What, you’re going already?

Lady: I have a special seat.


p.15
Sponsor: —Hmph.
I couldn’t tell what that woman was thinking all the way to the end.

Sponsor: Well, that’s fine.

Box: It’s certain that this stage wouldn’t have been set if it weren’t for that woman’s assistance.
Box: Now, rather than that...

Sponsor: This.
Sponsor: This is it.


p.16
Todoroki: I’ll tell you each squad’s role in the coming operation.
Todoroki: It doesn’t have to be said that those who will be facing the Goken have read through the documents, right?

SFX: Suuuuuuuuure
Tora mutter: Yes!
Todoroki: Thanks for the half-hearted reply.

Inu: ......Huh?

Inu: Where’s Hiyama-san from the Second Squad?
Todoroki: ...Caught a cold.
Inu: A cold!?


p.17
Inu: Th-the heck?
Todoroki: Not taking care of his health well enough.
Inu: That’s it...?

Shinobu—
Are you okay with that...?

Todoroki: Now, first of all, we, the Third Squad—

Todoroki: Are in charge of the city policing.
Todoroki: Next, the Seventh Squad will accompany the investigation department in their investigation.

Samon: Roger.


p.18
Todoroki: Onto the Goken.
Sign: No trespassing
Todoroki: In charge of Mikadzuki Munechika—


p.19
Tabirako: —So you’re here.

Kaori: —I hate this.
Kaori: My partner who got done in by you – he can’t be deployed for a while.

Kaori: It seems I have to work on my own.


p.20
Kaori: You’ve got to be kidding me.
Kaori: You won’t be able to pay off this debt even if I kill you a hundred times~

Tabirako: .........
Tabirako: ...Scary, huh.

Todoroki: Next, Doujigiri—


p.21
[none]


p.22
Gogyou: —Yo.

Sis: —Let’s
Settle this.

Todoroki: Ootenta—


p.22
Suzushiro: So that’s
Your real appearance,
Suzushiro: Shishiou.

Suzushiro: It’s cool.

Suzushiro: But, maybe not as much as my Ootenta.

Minamoto: —There’s no way
Minamoto: That’s true.


p.23
Todoroki: And
For Juzumaru,

Todoroki: We’ll have you go as a group.

Suzuna: !

Inu: Shouldn’t we take off our shoes for this?
Tora: It’s abandoned, so I don’t think it matters?

Suzuna: .........


p.24
Inu: Hello.
Inu: Whoa, rough.
Togs: —Um, since we’re inexperienced
Tora: Please let us three count as one.

Suzuna: ......Really unlucky.

Inu: Hey, wasn’t it mean to say that right away?
Togs: ...No.
Tora: Since we’re here with numbers on our side, we can’t retort.


p.25
Todoroki: So, the last one, Onimaru

Shikoku: Me, right?
I got ya.

Todoroki: Yeah.
And about the First Squad...

Todoroki: As you know, there’s a lot of constraints.
Todoroki: Although they may only be able to go as helpers,

Todoroki: Right now Sakura-kun is trying to persuade the squad leader.


p.26
I’m going too?

Sakura: —That’s right.
Sakura: That is your duty.

I don’t want to die.

Sakura: —It’s okay.

Sakura: I won’t
Sakura: Let that happen.


p.27
Todoroki: —That is all.
Each of you, complete your mission
Todoroki: And make sure to come back alive.

Togs: Teamwork, teamwork...
SFX: mutter mutter
Inu mutter: Scary!
Tora: You’ll lose sight of the big picture* if you think about it too much.
*[He actually says “Gestaltzerfall” or “Gestalt collapse” which is when someone stares at something (a kanji for example) for too long and it breaks down into its parts in his mind and the whole thing becomes hard to recognize.]

Sis: Togusa.
Minamoto mutter: Unuzuka~

Minamoto mutter: Unuzuka~
Shikoku: Tora.


p.28
Sis: Don’t rush in haphazardly.
Sis: Trust those around you as much as you trust me.

Togs: ...Yes, Ane-san.

Shikoku: You’ve gotta always stay calm.
Shikoku: Ya can’t forget about your own behavior.

Tora: Roger.
Tora: Shikoku-san, you stay safe too.

Inu: .........


p.29
Inu: The other squads have nice superiors, how lucky for them~...
Minamoto: Inuzuka.

Inu: Huh
Ouch!!

Minamoto: I called out to you several times.
Minamoto: Is your vision getting narrow from nervousness because of the sortie?
Hm?

Inu: Why am I the only one...
Minamoto: Geez... Inuzuka.
Keep your field of view wide open.

Minamoto: Your Gokotai is an all-rounder.


p.30
Minamoto: Take appropriate positions depending on the battle situation.
Minamoto: If you do that, there’s no enemy you can’t defeat.

Minamoto: I believe in you.

Minamoto: See you then.
SFX: tremble x2
Inu: ......Th—

Inu: This
Inu mutter: Yahooooo
Inu: Isn’t squad leader Minamotooo

He’s a surprisingly complex guy...


p.31
Shikoku: —Now, Yachiyo

Shikoku: Why don’t we
Shikoku: Get going too?

Hakobera: —What,
It’s the same guy as before.
Hakobera: Lucky, or unlucky—


p.32
Hakobera: Which is it?

Hakobera: !


p.33-34

Shikoku: I guess first,
Shikoku: A gift for that time—
Shikoku: !

Hakobera: —Very lucky~


p.35
Hakobera: I’m getting
Hakobera: Goosebumps...

Hakobera: You rang it out nicely.
Shikoku: ......!!
Hakobera: That was
The bell

Hakobera: For our first battle!!
-Hitogatana- [3] END


p.36
(HELP)
Kuro Usa Ou

(STAFF)
Onigunsou
Yuu Kato
Fuumin
Chisato Akita
Helipoi

-Hitogatana- (3)

Congrats!!
Hitogatana
Volume 3
Fuumin


p.37-38
They were created to fight.
They were not given a place to fight.
Anti Katana Crime Division VS Tenka Goken
Now, in this instant, this place
Is the stage they’ve been longing for.

-Hitogatana-
Slated for release around winter 2011